Hi.
I am dreaming of a new game. It's going to be player driven, fly by the seat of my pants. I hope to be just out of sight laying the road barely in front of them. Bizarrely I think it is going to take a lot of preparation to do so little planing.
I am looking for two books. I don't know if either of them exist.
First I want a book of 100 simple dungeons. If I mention a lonely tower off in the distance and the PCs decide to investigate (next session). I want to be able to flip through my book find an "abandoned tower" and spend 1 hour familiarizing my self and fitting the canned adventure in to my game, instead of 5 or 6 hours building one from scratch.
The second book I want is a simple book of 100 NPCs. If Pot and Dor to random guards that were barely in the story suddenly become important, I don't want to do any work on their stats. Or if I need a 5th level half Orc ranger to help the PCs track a band of Ogers I would like to be able to look one up instead of make one. Suggested Names possible tribal loyalties 'other stuff'. I can ignore what I don't need, but it would help to have an index to draw from.
I'm planning on running D&D 5th ed. But I could run 3rd. The book of dungeons doesn't half to be the same system I'm running but a book of NPCs with stat blocks kind of needs to be. And they don't have to be exactly what I am describing here. Maybe there is an adventure or two that I could pull apart and get the pieces I need.
I appreciate your suggestions.
Edit. To sum up; I'm looking for books full of nuggets of generic nondenominational crunch I can paint with my fluff and slot into my game. Or something I can tear apart and
File the serial numbers off of. I'm looking to run the roleplaying equivalent of a chop shop.
I have a book (Dungeons) that has 51 dungeons in it, with detailed maps and an overview of the treasure/creatures in the dungeon. it seems geared around PF/5e but it is generic. I use Savage Worlds for fantasy so it only takes me minutes to get one ready to go for players to enter. Most of the dungeons are pretty well themed and short and to the point. I dont know if this fits the bill for you or not.
I found it easier to put what I wanted into an already themed and suggested dungeon than familiarizing myself with dungeons already fully populated. I have not tried using any of these for 5e, but I think if you are familiar with 5e getting one ready to rumble in an hour is doable.
NPCS:
https://nordgamesllc.com/product-category/ultimate-npcs/
Book of Dungeons:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/mv44f6/5e_book_of_premade_dungeons/
Nord games book is solid and that reddit link has several options for you to choose from.
Here is a freebie of one page dungeons from DTRPG.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/80569/The-One-Page-Dungeon-Codex-2009-Deluxe (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/80569/The-One-Page-Dungeon-Codex-2009-Deluxe)
There are other similar collections there as well.
thank you all.
I think I am going to get a couple books of NPCs from Nord.
Oggsmash do you have a publisher for your book? "Dungeons" is too generaic for me to google search the title.
I also bopped over to drivethrurpg and grabbed a few things, but I really want a book I can hold I my hand. I like to do my gaming analog.
other suggestions still welcom.
Sorry about that. Dicegeeks.com. On their site they have another dungeon book that looks much bigger, dont have it, so i can only speak to the one i mentioned.
I snagged it off amazon on a whim, probably one of the better bang for buck products (for my needs) I picked up in a long while.
Quote from: Headless on June 22, 2022, 11:42:10 PM
Hi.
I am dreaming of a new game. It's going to be player driven, fly by the seat of my pants. I hope to be just out of sight laying the road barely in front of them. Bizarrely I think it is going to take a lot of preparation to do so little planing.
I am looking for two books. I don't know if either of them exist.
First I want a book of 100 simple dungeons. If I mention a lonely tower off in the distance and the PCs decide to investigate (next session). I want to be able to flip through my book find an "abandoned tower" and spend 1 hour familiarizing my self and fitting the canned adventure in to my game, instead of 5 or 6 hours building one from scratch.
The second book I want is a simple book of 100 NPCs. If Pot and Dor to random guards that were barely in the story suddenly become important, I don't want to do any work on their stats. Or if I need a 5th level half Orc ranger to help the PCs track a band of Ogers I would like to be able to look one up instead of make one. Suggested Names possible tribal loyalties 'other stuff'. I can ignore what I don't need, but it would help to have an index to draw from.
I'm planning on running D&D 5th ed. But I could run 3rd. The book of dungeons doesn't half to be the same system I'm running but a book of NPCs with stat blocks kind of needs to be. And they don't have to be exactly what I am describing here. Maybe there is an adventure or two that I could pull apart and get the pieces I need.
I appreciate your suggestions.
Edit. To sum up; I'm looking for books full of nuggets of generic nondenominational crunch I can paint with my fluff and slot into my game. Or something I can tear apart and
File the serial numbers off of. I'm looking to run the roleplaying equivalent of a chop shop.
In other words, you have no clue how to run a sandbox without help. Why even bother then.
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on June 23, 2022, 07:52:44 PM
Quote from: Headless on June 22, 2022, 11:42:10 PM
Hi.
I am dreaming of a new game. It's going to be player driven, fly by the seat of my pants. I hope to be just out of sight laying the road barely in front of them. Bizarrely I think it is going to take a lot of preparation to do so little planing.
I am looking for two books. I don't know if either of them exist.
First I want a book of 100 simple dungeons. If I mention a lonely tower off in the distance and the PCs decide to investigate (next session). I want to be able to flip through my book find an "abandoned tower" and spend 1 hour familiarizing my self and fitting the canned adventure in to my game, instead of 5 or 6 hours building one from scratch.
The second book I want is a simple book of 100 NPCs. If Pot and Dor to random guards that were barely in the story suddenly become important, I don't want to do any work on their stats. Or if I need a 5th level half Orc ranger to help the PCs track a band of Ogers I would like to be able to look one up instead of make one. Suggested Names possible tribal loyalties 'other stuff'. I can ignore what I don't need, but it would help to have an index to draw from.
I'm planning on running D&D 5th ed. But I could run 3rd. The book of dungeons doesn't half to be the same system I'm running but a book of NPCs with stat blocks kind of needs to be. And they don't have to be exactly what I am describing here. Maybe there is an adventure or two that I could pull apart and get the pieces I need.
I appreciate your suggestions.
Edit. To sum up; I'm looking for books full of nuggets of generic nondenominational crunch I can paint with my fluff and slot into my game. Or something I can tear apart and
File the serial numbers off of. I'm looking to run the roleplaying equivalent of a chop shop.
In other words, you have no clue how to run a sandbox without help. Why even bother then.
Because help is nice to have? Because time is a limited resource that not everyone has enough of, especially with dedication towards hobbies?
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on June 23, 2022, 07:52:44 PM
Quote from: Headless on June 22, 2022, 11:42:10 PM
Hi.
I am dreaming of a new game. It's going to be player driven, fly by the seat of my pants. I hope to be just out of sight laying the road barely in front of them. Bizarrely I think it is going to take a lot of preparation to do so little planing.
I am looking for two books. I don't know if either of them exist.
First I want a book of 100 simple dungeons. If I mention a lonely tower off in the distance and the PCs decide to investigate (next session). I want to be able to flip through my book find an "abandoned tower" and spend 1 hour familiarizing my self and fitting the canned adventure in to my game, instead of 5 or 6 hours building one from scratch.
The second book I want is a simple book of 100 NPCs. If Pot and Dor to random guards that were barely in the story suddenly become important, I don't want to do any work on their stats. Or if I need a 5th level half Orc ranger to help the PCs track a band of Ogers I would like to be able to look one up instead of make one. Suggested Names possible tribal loyalties 'other stuff'. I can ignore what I don't need, but it would help to have an index to draw from.
I'm planning on running D&D 5th ed. But I could run 3rd. The book of dungeons doesn't half to be the same system I'm running but a book of NPCs with stat blocks kind of needs to be. And they don't have to be exactly what I am describing here. Maybe there is an adventure or two that I could pull apart and get the pieces I need.
I appreciate your suggestions.
Edit. To sum up; I'm looking for books full of nuggets of generic nondenominational crunch I can paint with my fluff and slot into my game. Or something I can tear apart and
File the serial numbers off of. I'm looking to run the roleplaying equivalent of a chop shop.
In other words, you have no clue how to run a sandbox without help. Why even bother then.
Awwww, did someone leave another bad review on your boring-as-fuck videoblog, bitch boy?
Shawn. Do I know you? Why the hostility?
As for asking for help, isn't that the point of forums like this?
Quote from: Headless on June 23, 2022, 11:39:27 PM
Shawn. Do I know you? Why the hostility?
As for asking for help, isn't that the point of forums like this?
Driscoll randomly attacked me in the OSR w/o D&D foundation thread. No idea why, no history that I know of.
Moonsweeper linked to one of the One Page Dungeon compilations, which is good. But if you want more, there's more than a decade worth of submissions, here:
https://www.dungeoncontest.com/
Dyson Logos has hundreds of free-to-use dungeon maps you can just download. They're just maps; no details to go with them, but populating a premade dungeon is easier than creating one from scratch. The DMG has a list of adventure ideas. Just pick one that looks like it would fit one of the maps, then make the rest of the stuff up as you go along. Luckily, players often stick their thumbs up their asses when it comes to making decisions, giving you plenty of time to think about what's behind the next door.
Good luck.
Quote from: Headless on June 22, 2022, 11:42:10 PM
Hi.
I am dreaming of a new game. It's going to be player driven, fly by the seat of my pants. I hope to be just out of sight laying the road barely in front of them. Bizarrely I think it is going to take a lot of preparation to do so little planing.
I am looking for two books. I don't know if either of them exist.
First I want a book of 100 simple dungeons. If I mention a lonely tower off in the distance and the PCs decide to investigate (next session). I want to be able to flip through my book find an "abandoned tower" and spend 1 hour familiarizing my self and fitting the canned adventure in to my game, instead of 5 or 6 hours building one from scratch.
The second book I want is a simple book of 100 NPCs. If Pot and Dor to random guards that were barely in the story suddenly become important, I don't want to do any work on their stats. Or if I need a 5th level half Orc ranger to help the PCs track a band of Ogers I would like to be able to look one up instead of make one. Suggested Names possible tribal loyalties 'other stuff'. I can ignore what I don't need, but it would help to have an index to draw from.
I'm planning on running D&D 5th ed. But I could run 3rd. The book of dungeons doesn't half to be the same system I'm running but a book of NPCs with stat blocks kind of needs to be. And they don't have to be exactly what I am describing here. Maybe there is an adventure or two that I could pull apart and get the pieces I need.
I appreciate your suggestions.
Edit. To sum up; I'm looking for books full of nuggets of generic nondenominational crunch I can paint with my fluff and slot into my game. Or something I can tear apart and
File the serial numbers off of. I'm looking to run the roleplaying equivalent of a chop shop.
It is an OSR system, but everything on the site is free to download and it is a damn good game, Basic Fantasy.
https://www.basicfantasy.org/
Quote from: Headless on June 23, 2022, 11:39:27 PM
Shawn. Do I know you? Why the hostility?
As for asking for help, isn't that the point of forums like this?
Greetings!
Headless, I don't have any specific resources that you seek to offer. Generally, I typically create everything that I need or want myself. However, I certainly do appreciate well-crafted and cool products that create stuff that save me time and effort, as well as to inspire creativity or looking at something from a different angle or approach.
Oh, and please, don't listen to the smug, self-satisfied and rude trolls.
Yes, this forum is for questions and discussion o all kinds of game stuff. Who gives a damn if "sandboxing" isn't your strong suit, or you prefer lots of pre-made supplements. That's fine! Some supplements are outstanding! Busy DM's can use all the help they can get!
Great topic Headless!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Highly recommend Trilemma Adventures. It's not 100 dungeons, but it is 48. This coupled with the One Page Dungeon Contest compilations from the last 13 years ought to be all you need.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/286792/Trilemma-Adventures-Compendium-Volume-I
For NPCs, I recommend these 2 on DMs Guild:
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/208518/35-Versatile-NPCs
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/250621/Versatile-NPCs-II
Those'll give you 95 NPCs. The site donjon.bin.sh should get you over the finish line.
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on June 23, 2022, 07:52:44 PM
Quote from: Headless on June 22, 2022, 11:42:10 PM
Hi.
I am dreaming of a new game. It's going to be player driven, fly by the seat of my pants. I hope to be just out of sight laying the road barely in front of them. Bizarrely I think it is going to take a lot of preparation to do so little planing.
I am looking for two books. I don't know if either of them exist.
First I want a book of 100 simple dungeons. If I mention a lonely tower off in the distance and the PCs decide to investigate (next session). I want to be able to flip through my book find an "abandoned tower" and spend 1 hour familiarizing my self and fitting the canned adventure in to my game, instead of 5 or 6 hours building one from scratch.
The second book I want is a simple book of 100 NPCs. If Pot and Dor to random guards that were barely in the story suddenly become important, I don't want to do any work on their stats. Or if I need a 5th level half Orc ranger to help the PCs track a band of Ogers I would like to be able to look one up instead of make one. Suggested Names possible tribal loyalties 'other stuff'. I can ignore what I don't need, but it would help to have an index to draw from.
I'm planning on running D&D 5th ed. But I could run 3rd. The book of dungeons doesn't half to be the same system I'm running but a book of NPCs with stat blocks kind of needs to be. And they don't have to be exactly what I am describing here. Maybe there is an adventure or two that I could pull apart and get the pieces I need.
I appreciate your suggestions.
Edit. To sum up; I'm looking for books full of nuggets of generic nondenominational crunch I can paint with my fluff and slot into my game. Or something I can tear apart and
File the serial numbers off of. I'm looking to run the roleplaying equivalent of a chop shop.
In other words, you have no clue how to run a sandbox without help. Why even bother then.
Big round of applause for the voice of mediocrity ladies and gentlemen. Heaven forbid anyone asks questions or tries to improve at anything they do.
As for dungeons personally I'd split it out into pure dungeons, urban locations and wildness locations. You can also cheat a bit by having some pre-made or pre-prepared scenarios including published scenarios and just change the detaols and names to suit the exact location.
For urban locations WFRP 4th edition has a supplement on buildings of the Reikland which is very helpful.
As for NPCs I have found a list of names, careers, and one driving motivation, and an archetype is generally more than enough.
E.g. Klaus Fauststark A Knight On a Quest to find Redemption etc
I've ordered a couple books you all suggested. Thank ypu. I'm still checking in for more suggestions if you have any
Thanks all. The dungeons book is great. And I have found a few on line adventures. I appreciate the suggestions.
Anyone know a good cheep play to get figs?
The new stuff all seems to expensive.
Looking for orcs, skellies, ogres, gobbos, lizardmen etc. Any and all of those low lever humanoids. And I want 6 to 20 or so of each.
Quote from: Headless on July 07, 2022, 11:59:40 AM
Thanks all. The dungeons book is great. And I have found a few on line adventures. I appreciate the suggestions.
Anyone know a good cheep play to get figs?
The new stuff all seems to expensive.
Looking for orcs, skellies, ogres, gobbos, lizardmen etc. Any and all of those low lever humanoids. And I want 6 to 20 or so of each.
Check eBay and Amazon for fantasy toy figures and price compare. I got a hundred 15mm barbarian figures sold as "Cimmerians" from a company in Poland for $15 including shipping. They are out there, you just have to look.
Dungeons - I use a mix of Dyson's Delves I & II, 12 Peculiar Towers from Kobold Press, and their Book of Lairs to a lesser extent. I also have https://www.board-game.co.uk/product/mini-dungeon-tome-dd-5th-edition/?gclid=CjwKCAjwiJqWBhBdEiwAtESPaCkBPqKKhX3EDUgJIcQxjrZOuOtPqIUjvMyA522uuCGBNwTXw-saYBoCjo8QAvD_BwE but it hasn't really grabbed me yet.
I'd recommend Dyson's Delves I and 12 Peculiar Towers to get you started.
For NPCs I use Google Image Search & build an NPC around the picture.
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on June 23, 2022, 07:52:44 PM
Quote from: Headless on June 22, 2022, 11:42:10 PM
Hi.
I am dreaming of a new game. It's going to be player driven, fly by the seat of my pants. I hope to be just out of sight laying the road barely in front of them. Bizarrely I think it is going to take a lot of preparation to do so little planing.
I am looking for two books. I don't know if either of them exist.
First I want a book of 100 simple dungeons. If I mention a lonely tower off in the distance and the PCs decide to investigate (next session). I want to be able to flip through my book find an "abandoned tower" and spend 1 hour familiarizing my self and fitting the canned adventure in to my game, instead of 5 or 6 hours building one from scratch.
The second book I want is a simple book of 100 NPCs. If Pot and Dor to random guards that were barely in the story suddenly become important, I don't want to do any work on their stats. Or if I need a 5th level half Orc ranger to help the PCs track a band of Ogers I would like to be able to look one up instead of make one. Suggested Names possible tribal loyalties 'other stuff'. I can ignore what I don't need, but it would help to have an index to draw from.
I'm planning on running D&D 5th ed. But I could run 3rd. The book of dungeons doesn't half to be the same system I'm running but a book of NPCs with stat blocks kind of needs to be. And they don't have to be exactly what I am describing here. Maybe there is an adventure or two that I could pull apart and get the pieces I need.
I appreciate your suggestions.
Edit. To sum up; I'm looking for books full of nuggets of generic nondenominational crunch I can paint with my fluff and slot into my game. Or something I can tear apart and
File the serial numbers off of. I'm looking to run the roleplaying equivalent of a chop shop.
In other words, you have no clue how to run a sandbox without help. Why even bother then.
Because, by default, there is always
a first time someone runs a sandbox? ::)
Regarding NPCs, I have fond memories of "Everyone Else" for D&D 3E (I used it with 3.5E without problems). It gives stats for 80 "common" professions. It is on DrivethruRPG:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/16606/Everyone-Else-A-Book-of-Innkeepers-Farmers--More
Getting hassled by the tax collector? PLONK... level 3 Expert with all the right skills and stats for being a tax collector coming right up. Players decide to complain about the tax collector to the local constabulary? PLONK... level 5 warrior with the right skills and stats for the town guard at your service... Time to go over his head and take matters up with the prince? PLONK... first you have to work your way past the level 1 and level 7 seneschals that run the palace before you can meet... PLONK... the level 5 aristocrat (idle noble) that supposedly runs this town that the players were only supposed to be in to restock their rations...
Quote from: jeff37923 on July 07, 2022, 12:11:41 PM
Quote from: Headless on July 07, 2022, 11:59:40 AM
Thanks all. The dungeons book is great. And I have found a few on line adventures. I appreciate the suggestions.
Anyone know a good cheep play to get figs?
The new stuff all seems to expensive.
Looking for orcs, skellies, ogres, gobbos, lizardmen etc. Any and all of those low lever humanoids. And I want 6 to 20 or so of each.
Check eBay and Amazon for fantasy toy figures and price compare. I got a hundred 15mm barbarian figures sold as "Cimmerians" from a company in Poland for $15 including shipping. They are out there, you just have to look.
Thats a great deal. I'm using 25mm scale cause thats what I already have. I've found a few deals but nothing that good.
New question.
What do people use for free (or reasonably priced) mapping programs. I usually just sketch some in my campaign book. But I want to improve my production values.
Over land campaign maps specifically. But something that can do both large scale overworld maps and dungeons would be swell. Especially if they can key the one to the other.
I'd go tiles, floor plans and minatures for the dungeons themselves.
For world maps Wanderdraft is pretty good and cheap.
I still use & love AKS Hexmapper https://breeyark.org/aar-kelaan-hexmapper-and-more/ - getting it to run on Windows 10 is a bit of a challenge as you need Visual Basic installed.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZCnjg_iL26v4uIlSfP1tYxsfU48BzIqoVuDhllCtNwcDNVqVDlkxEN3VdTi5ii6nasiSNe5du6LOCR0Vlz0TLD27-Ht1yzQDi6dj5hzB1XTztkh3WNXsFMMKAEkcYU5pXrDe0sOplinCd16bQStVEfrq2yCsAr3AMdf7CVGvc-xSR__GD0K5MJGn6xQ=s16000)
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll on June 23, 2022, 07:52:44 PM
Quote from: Headless on June 22, 2022, 11:42:10 PM
Hi.
I am dreaming of a new game. It's going to be player driven, fly by the seat of my pants. I hope to be just out of sight laying the road barely in front of them. Bizarrely I think it is going to take a lot of preparation to do so little planing.
I am looking for two books. I don't know if either of them exist.
First I want a book of 100 simple dungeons. If I mention a lonely tower off in the distance and the PCs decide to investigate (next session). I want to be able to flip through my book find an "abandoned tower" and spend 1 hour familiarizing my self and fitting the canned adventure in to my game, instead of 5 or 6 hours building one from scratch.
The second book I want is a simple book of 100 NPCs. If Pot and Dor to random guards that were barely in the story suddenly become important, I don't want to do any work on their stats. Or if I need a 5th level half Orc ranger to help the PCs track a band of Ogers I would like to be able to look one up instead of make one. Suggested Names possible tribal loyalties 'other stuff'. I can ignore what I don't need, but it would help to have an index to draw from.
I'm planning on running D&D 5th ed. But I could run 3rd. The book of dungeons doesn't half to be the same system I'm running but a book of NPCs with stat blocks kind of needs to be. And they don't have to be exactly what I am describing here. Maybe there is an adventure or two that I could pull apart and get the pieces I need.
I appreciate your suggestions.
Edit. To sum up; I'm looking for books full of nuggets of generic nondenominational crunch I can paint with my fluff and slot into my game. Or something I can tear apart and
File the serial numbers off of. I'm looking to run the roleplaying equivalent of a chop shop.
In other words, you have no clue how to run a sandbox without help. Why even bother then.
Quote from: jeff37923 on July 07, 2022, 12:11:41 PM
Quote from: Headless on July 07, 2022, 11:59:40 AM
Thanks all. The dungeons book is great. And I have found a few on line adventures. I appreciate the suggestions.
Anyone know a good cheep play to get figs?
The new stuff all seems to expensive.
Looking for orcs, skellies, ogres, gobbos, lizardmen etc. Any and all of those low lever humanoids. And I want 6 to 20 or so of each.
Check eBay and Amazon for fantasy toy figures and price compare. I got a hundred 15mm barbarian figures sold as "Cimmerians" from a company in Poland for $15 including shipping. They are out there, you just have to look.
Alliance do a fantastic range of 1/72 fantasy minis (you can often get some of them on Amazon or Ebay):
https://www.hobbylinc.com/alliance-1:72-scale-plastic-model-fantasy-figures
Quote from: Headless on July 07, 2022, 11:59:40 AM
Thanks all. The dungeons book is great. And I have found a few on line adventures. I appreciate the suggestions.
Anyone know a good cheep play to get figs?
The new stuff all seems to expensive.
Looking for orcs, skellies, ogres, gobbos, lizardmen etc. Any and all of those low lever humanoids. And I want 6 to 20 or so of each.
The cheapest way is to make your own. Cut strips of paper a half-inch wide or so, then fold the strips like you're making paper dolls. Use stick glue in between each fold. In a few minutes, it will be nearly as stiff as cardboard. Allow the players to decorate the "figures", or just use letters for PCs and numbers for monsters. Get some of those small binder clips, clip it to the bottom of the "figures" and take the metal handles off.
There is also this site: https://donjon.bin.sh/
It has a dungeon generator for different editions. Here's one for 5e: https://donjon.bin.sh/5e/dungeon/
Quote from: Headless on July 07, 2022, 11:59:40 AM
Thanks all. The dungeons book is great. And I have found a few on line adventures. I appreciate the suggestions.
Anyone know a good cheep play to get figs?
The new stuff all seems to expensive.
Looking for orcs, skellies, ogres, gobbos, lizardmen etc. Any and all of those low lever humanoids. And I want 6 to 20 or so of each.
Cool, I am glad it was what you were looking for. I am no help with minis, I spend like a drunken sailor on them and have no common sense on bang for buck in buying them.
Quote from: oggsmash on July 12, 2022, 08:07:09 PM
Quote from: Headless on July 07, 2022, 11:59:40 AM
Thanks all. The dungeons book is great. And I have found a few on line adventures. I appreciate the suggestions.
Anyone know a good cheep play to get figs?
The new stuff all seems to expensive.
Looking for orcs, skellies, ogres, gobbos, lizardmen etc. Any and all of those low lever humanoids. And I want 6 to 20 or so of each.
Cool, I am glad it was what you were looking for. I am no help with minis, I spend like a drunken sailor on them and have no common sense on bang for buck in buying them.
Greetings!
*Laughing* Hey Ogg!! Yeah, my friend, I know how that feels. Not too long ago, I got into an ETSY miniature shopping frenzy, where I spent like two grand on miniatures, clicking on this, clicking on that, buying seemingly anything that I wanted!
I love all the cool miniatures I got, but damn! I can't afford to go crazy like that!
I have resolved to be more measured and disciplined in my miniature hobby now. ;D
I should also say that I love the 32mm scale miniatures. I think they are far easier to see and work with than 28mm or the older, 25mm scale miniatures. Easier to paint, easier to detail, and thus, the miniatures are more visible and enjoyable for everyone.
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
For map making:
If you want free, I've made some decent old school style maps with https://dungeonscrawl.com
Paid, the best balance of price and features is Inkarnate, in my opinion.
https://printableheroes.com/minis
Brilliant free printable minis by the score!